IUCN status: Extinct
Last seen: 1875
IUCN claim: “Predation by feral cats (severe, possibly catastrophic in combination with other threats)”
No studies
Broad-faced potoroos were last confirmed in WA (two records) 35 years before, to 50 years after, cats arrived (Current submission).
There are no studies evidencing a link between cats and the
extinction of broad-faced potoroos. It cannot be verrified that
extinction occurred after cat arrival.
Abbott, The spread of the cat, Felis catus, in Australia: re-examination of the current conceptual model with additional information. Conservation Science Western Australia 7 (2008).
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions.
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023